SHE ENCOUNTERED TWO BEAR CUBS AND FROZE. I LOOKED TO MY LEFT AND AS SOON AS I DID THERE COMES MOM. SHE CAME TOWARDS ME AND KNOCKED ME DOWN. THE BEAR MALLED JESSICA WHO ROLLED INTO A FETAL POSITION AND PLAYED DEAD AS SHE WAS TAUTH TO DO SINCE CHILDHOOD. I DIDN'T MAKE A SOUND OR NOISE. ONCE SHE GOT ME I WAS SURE I WAS GOING TO DIE ANYWAY. SCARS ON HER BODY SHOW THE VIOLENCE. DEEP BITES ON HER BACK. CLAW MARK AS CROSS HER LEGS AND GASHES IN HER NECK THAT WERE NEARLY FATAL. I APPLIED PRESSURE WITH BOTH MY HANDS. THEN I FELT HELPLESS. I FELT LIKE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. RESCUED BY A PASSING TRUCK, SHE SPENT FIVE HOURS IN SURGERY AND WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR TEN DAYS. NOW SHE'S RUNNING AND TRAINING AGAIN BUT IT COMES WITH PAIN. A LITTLE OUCH AND STING. I WAS TOLD BY THE DOCTORS IN THE HOSPITAL THAT WOULD HAPPEN. A LOT OF NUVES THAT ARE GROWING BACK TOGETHER. WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER AND THAT'S TRUE. I WAS ALMOST KILLED BUT MAN IT DIDN'T KILL ME AND I'M SO MUCH STRONGER AND SO MUCH MORE DETERMINED TO PROVE MYSELF.

Federal agents searched three dozen homes Tuesday in California during a crackdown on so-called maternity tourism operators who arrange for pregnant Chinese women to give birth in the U.S., where their babies automatically become American citizens.